A federal court on Friday legally affirmed what events already had made reality - that today's election would not include the Beaumont Independent School District and that an election for trustees whose terms have expired likely will be held in November.

The order later was amended to include incumbent trustee Mike Neil, who also is in mid-term, but who filed to run in case all seven seats would be up for election.

The D.C. Circuit Court ruled that BISD was not pursuing voting changes that would be discriminatory and that the changes would not apply to an election in November.

Michael Getz, attorney for the candidates Rodriguez, Forgas, Wilmore and Neil, said BISD stalled and that resulted in the D.C. court's ruling that made the May election order from the Ninth Court moot.

"We had hoped that the D.C. District Court would not reward the BISD for violating Texas law by allowing them to have a complete re-do of the election. The decision of the Court today gives BISD a mulligan, a chance to order a new election," he said.